DasMurmeltier
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Hi again. A note beforehand: I dont know that much about buddhism, so dont blame me for stating something that isnt accurate.But please, correct me :) Thats why im posting this afterall. Im speculating and i propably need some of your thoughts on that to get it right.
So, i recently stumbled across buddhism(-> Zen buddhism to be precisely).As you may be aware of, buddhism contains stuff like nothingness, voidness and the loss of the self. I guess. Still though, many buddhistic interpretations still got some sort of "afterlife". I dont know, i cant bring that stuff together there. How exactly is buddhism dealing with something like that? I assume that when we lose our self the "true self" could emerge or something like that(enlightment?). I have to be honest here, i dont know enough about buddhism to know what could be the case here. Thats why im asking. How can buddhism integrate something after our physical deaths while promoting the loss of self and spiritual enlightment (-> nothingness as a goal?)? I know about reincarnation and all that stuff, but i dont get how the whole thing makes sense.
http://www.patheos.com/Library/Zen/Beliefs/Afterlife-and-Salvation.html
Stuff like that is telling me that there is no definite interpretation. The whole thing is versatile i guess. Even so, i cant really imagine a salvation and a "afterlife" under those assumptions.
So, i recently stumbled across buddhism(-> Zen buddhism to be precisely).As you may be aware of, buddhism contains stuff like nothingness, voidness and the loss of the self. I guess. Still though, many buddhistic interpretations still got some sort of "afterlife". I dont know, i cant bring that stuff together there. How exactly is buddhism dealing with something like that? I assume that when we lose our self the "true self" could emerge or something like that(enlightment?). I have to be honest here, i dont know enough about buddhism to know what could be the case here. Thats why im asking. How can buddhism integrate something after our physical deaths while promoting the loss of self and spiritual enlightment (-> nothingness as a goal?)? I know about reincarnation and all that stuff, but i dont get how the whole thing makes sense.
http://www.patheos.com/Library/Zen/Beliefs/Afterlife-and-Salvation.html
Stuff like that is telling me that there is no definite interpretation. The whole thing is versatile i guess. Even so, i cant really imagine a salvation and a "afterlife" under those assumptions.